Emperor Zhenguan

Chapter 704

The appearance of the kangaroo really caused a lot of shock, not only the princes and princesses loved it very much, but also the harem concubines also wanted to see the novelty.

Therefore, the popularity of Taipu Temple has been really high in the past few days, and even some Xiangguo ministers also took the time to come here to see what is new.

Time passed and entered the winter month of the fifth year of Zhenguan.

This year's winter is extremely cold, not a warm winter.But the colder it is, the happier the people are.It is thought that the colder the winter, the less pests will be in the coming year.Moreover, once the coldest period passes, the temperature will not be erratic in the coming year, which is conducive to the growth of crops.

political affairs hall.

Dai Zhou, Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, is reporting the situation of the autumn harvest in various places.

"There are more than [-] prefectures in Guanzhong, with a total of [-] million shi of grain, of which [-]% is wheat, [-]% early rice, [-]% millet, and [-]% beans, fruits and seasonal vegetables. Bashu states have a total of more than [-] million shi. East Road [-] [-] shi, [-] million shi from Henan Province, [-] million shi from Hebei Province, [-] million shi from Huainan Road and Jiangnan Road, and the remaining Bianzhou
Excluding the salaries of officials, the support of the court, and the use of the guards, the warehouses in Guanzhong are about [-]% full. "

Because of the disaster, Guanzhong, Henan Road, Hedong Road, and Hebei Road, these grain-producing areas need to resume production. The imperial court has been reducing or exempting taxes to reduce the pressure on the people, so there is not much grain collected.However, in Bashu, Huainan, and Jiangnan, production has been normal because there have not been many disasters.

If the fourth year of Zhenguan is healing, then the fifth year of Zhenguan is recovery.In addition, the impact of a series of agricultural developments such as soil chemical fertilizers, early rice and late rice, winter wheat, and Quyuan plow finally began to ferment in the local area, and only then did the harvest flourish.

"Good, it's really hard for you to calculate time-consuming." Li Zhiyun nodded.

Dai Zhou said respectfully: "This is a matter within the responsibility of the minister, and I dare not say credit. In addition, this is the grain form of various regions jointly drawn up by the minister and the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Your Majesty, please read it."

He took out a memorial from his sleeve and handed it to Gao Liangzhong, who then handed it to His Majesty the Emperor.

The table is drawn very clearly, and at a glance, you can know the amount of grain harvested in those places and the classification of grain.In addition, there is another detailed table, which shows the situation of each state very carefully.

After reading it, Li Zhiyun handed it over to Gao Liangzhong.

"Send it to the seal file."

"As ordered."

Immediately afterwards, Li Jing, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, came out and said: "Your Majesty, the number of tribute livestock from the grasslands this year is as follows. Huyan Dudu Mansion: [-] sheep, [-] cattle, and more than [-] horses. Central Governor's Mansion: [-] sheep, [-] cattle, and [-] horses. Sanggan Dudu's Mansion: [-] sheep."

The tributes on the grasslands are more severe, mainly because the Tang Dynasty squeezed them hard.However, they did not pay so much tribute at one time, but paid tribute in seasons.In addition, these are the sum of the tribute livestock of the tribes around the major governor's mansions, not the amount of tribute paid by a single tribe.If it is spread out evenly, a tribe will have to pay a tribute of about [-] livestock at least.

Bloody?

Of course it was bloody for the prairie people, after all, there had never been a Central Plains dynasty that had paid tribute and taxes so harshly before.Many grassland tribes feel that they still serve the Turks, but the name is changed to Datang.

On the other hand, if Datang did not suck the blood of the grassland, it would take at least three or four years for Datang to get out of the disaster quagmire.And it was precisely because of sucking the blood of the grassland that Datang almost recovered in the fifth year of Zhenguan.

In the next hour or so, Li Zhiyun, the ministers of the Zhengshitang, and the six ministers will do one thing.

Settle accounts.

How much is the income, how much is the expenditure, how much is the budget for next year, how much is left, and how much can be saved.

Although these materials seem to be a lot, but when broken down, they are actually not enough at all. It can only be said that they are much better than those in the early years of Zhenguan, at least they can be surplus.For example, the tribute cattle on the grassland were basically leased by the imperial court to the common people for cultivation without compensation.The sheep were plucked for wool and fed to the soldiers.

War horses, needless to say, supply the army.

Only when the warehouses in Guanzhong are full and the food is worthless will it mean that life is rich.

While the imperial court center was calculating the world's grain and fodder, Han Yuan, the magistrate of Fengyang County in Shangzhou, was also calculating the county's annual grain output income one by one.

As the first place in the imperial examination in the third year of Zhenguan, he studied in Liubu for a year, and then sent Fengyang, Shangzhou, as the county magistrate.At the age of twenty-five, it is not bad for him to be a county magistrate.Although Shangzhou is not a rich state, it is also adjacent to Gyeonggi, which is an unusual state and county.

The calculation time for a county's grain is naturally not as good as that of the whole world. It took more than an hour, and Han Yuan calculated it in sevens and eights.

He found that although millet accounted for more than [-]% of the income, the proportion of the two crops promoted by the imperial court, wheat and rice, was also rising rapidly.In addition, the grain harvest per mu has also increased a lot compared to before. On average, the harvest per mu has increased by about one stone.The poorest and most barren fields also increased their income by more than [-] catties.

Such achievements far exceed Fengyang's previous grain income.

"Quyuanli, soil chemical fertilizer." He said with emotion: "It's really amazing. Only these two things have caused the common people to collect more food."

What he didn't say was that the cattle sent by the imperial court and the labor force provided to the people for free were also an important reason for the bumper harvest.After all, not every household has a cow to use.

In addition, there are waterwheels taught by the imperial court here, and the common people can better irrigate the fields with the help of this equipment.

The county magistrate said: "Not only that, but the soil fertilizer also has the effect of fertilizing the field, and the soil fertility will not decline because of this year's bumper harvest."

"Yes, this is all thanks to His Majesty." Having said that, Han Yuan smiled slightly, and continued: "If there is a chance in the next year, I will ask the governor to get a pedal wooden thresher for this county. It can greatly increase the threshing speed, and it has been popularized in Guanzhong at present.”

"That's very good." The county magistrate smiled.

Immediately afterwards, Han Yuan asked again: "Is the county warehouse full?"

"Go back to the county magistrate, only [-]%."

"Sixty percent." Han Yuan nodded and said, "Don't worry, just take your time. Fengyang is a small place with few people, so we don't need to worry. As long as the people live and work in peace and contentment, and work diligently to serve the farmers, it will be a good thing."

"Yes." Everyone said in unison.

At this moment, the master entered the lobby.

"County magistrate, those Fengshan wild monks are haunting again!"

"Where is it?" Han Yuan suddenly stood up and asked, "Did you catch them?"

"At Fengshan West Peak!"

"Okay, order Lieutenant Sun to take people to arrest them immediately!"

"Yes."

After the master left, Han Yuan said to the crowd: "Your Majesty has already agreed to the Taishi Order Fu Gong's "Please Remove the Buddhist Teaching Book". If any of my Fengyang people meet a child who follows the Buddha, he will be ordered not to do so."

"Yes."

Han Yuan originally had a general view of Buddhism, but since he was in charge of local government, he was very opposed to the people serving the Buddha, especially the people becoming monks.Because the temple occupies an acre of land and does not do farming, but depends on the people to support it. Isn't this increasing the burden on the people!

He thought about it more than once, if it continues like this and the temple occupies more and more land, wouldn't it become a local tyrant and a fish for the common people?

It must be severely cracked down!
Fengyang County Captain got the order, and immediately followed the road with his hands to find out the situation, and then caught all the unproductive wild monks and put them in the county jail.

Ever since the emperor agreed to Fu Yi's "Please Get Rid of Buddhist Teachings", local temples have been demolished and monks have been sent back to secular life.

This kind of thing is naturally not tolerated by Han Yuan.

(End of this chapter)